In his opening remarks, Director of the Vietnamese language centre at Sapa Nguyen Van Son looked back on its 23 years of spreading Vietnamese abroad. He also unveiled this year’s summer curriculum, which will be delivered by a team of four experienced and dedicated teachers.

The effort has garnered a mix of public and private backing. First Secretary of the Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic Nguyen Ngoc Long pledged to supply teaching materials and strengthen ties with similar centres abroad.

Duong Viet Dung, head of the education board, highlighted the expansion of the Sapa-based teaching model to other Czech cities, fostering a robust cultural education network. He also shared progress of an online Vietnamese language scheme targeting children in remote areas, aiming for 80% of Vietnamese-origin kids in the Czech Republic to be fluent by 2030.

A notable contribution came from Nguyen Quyet Tien, a local engineer and translator, who donated a set of Vietnamese-Czech-English dictionaries and phrasebooks he compiled himself. He also offered to translate Vietnamese poetry into Czech at no cost to serve teaching.

Hoang Dinh Thang, president of the Saparia company running the trade centre, said if more students keep signing up, he would expand classroom facilities and waive rental fees entirely.

Vietnamese language class gains popularity at Universiti Brunei Darussalam

The Vietnamese language class at the Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), introduced just in 2022, has already attracted nearly 100 foreign students, mainly Bruneians, under the instruction of Dr. Tran Trong Nghia.